Operating Your Computer
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Using the Wireless LAN
Depending on your model, an internal mini PCI-E wireless LAN
(WLAN) card may have been pre-installed by your computer
manufacturer at the factory. This card allows you to access corporate
networks or the Internet in a wireless environment.
The WLAN features include:
z
Peer-to-Peer (Ad-Hoc) and Access Point (Infrastructure) modes
support
z
WEP (Wired Equivalent Privacy) 64/128-bit data encryption
z
IEEE 802.11a/b/g/n standard compliance
Technology
Stated
Maximum
Throughput
(Mbps)
Data Rates
(Mbps)
Band (GHz)
Modulation Technology
802.11a
54
54, 48, 36,
24, 18, 12,
9, 6
5.15 ~ 5.35
OFDM (Orthogonal Frequency
Division Multiplexing)
802.11b
11
11, 5.5, 2, 1 2.412 ~ 2.462 DSSS (Direct Sequence Spread
Spectrum)
802.11g
54
54, 36, 18,
9
2.4
OFDM (Orthogonal Frequency
Division Multiplexing)
802.11n
100 Mbps or
more
100 ~ 210
2.4 / 5
Spatial multiplexing, uses MIMO
(multiple-input multiple-output)
NOTE: 802.11g mode is backward compatible with 802.11b mode.
If your WLAN card was provided by your dealer instead of the computer
manufacturer, contact your dealer for the correct driver to use.